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#5541voted by our readers
Painting the Perfect American Dream
By Wilmer_v BRONZE
Paterson, New Jersey

The brush sways on the pallet as it picks which colors are perfect Touches the canvas  the land in which we call free but stolen  Begins painting with brown to identif...
Wilmer_v BRONZE, Paterson, New Jersey
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Not everything comes with a price tag

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#5542 Poetry
Today I Sat In Front Of A Mirror
By Mercat_Meow SILVER
Edinburgh, Indiana
Mercat_Meow SILVER, Edinburgh, Indiana
5 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
Take pride in your pain. You're stronger than those who have none.

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#5543 Poetry
gas-filled bubble
By DeafeningSilence GOLD
Surrey, British Columbia, Other
DeafeningSilence GOLD, Surrey, British Columbia, Other
13 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
“People are unequal, not because Hammurabi said so, but because Enlil and Marduk decreed it. People are equal, not because Thomas Jefferson said so, but because God created them that way.” - Yuval Noah Harari<br /> <br /> “Since it is possible that you may depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly.” -Marcus Aurelius<br /> <br /> “I discovered that my castles stand upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand.” - Coldplay, Viva la Vida

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#5544 Poetry
i am me
By hailey.prainito SILVER
Snellville, Georgia
hailey.prainito SILVER, Snellville, Georgia
5 articles 2 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;walk through life color blind&quot; -Lindsey Saa<br /> &quot;A brave man is not he who does not fear, but he who concors fear&quot; -Nelson Mandela

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#5545 Poetry
Plant Love
By osousa18 BRONZE
Epping, New Hampshire
osousa18 BRONZE, Epping, New Hampshire
1 article 0 photos 0 comments
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#5546 Poetry
Color Speaks
By augustdaisy SILVER
Long Beach, California
augustdaisy SILVER, Long Beach, California
6 articles 0 photos 0 comments
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#5547 Poetry
Trapped In Shyness
By Maddie_dolphin BRONZE
Corinth, Texas
Maddie_dolphin BRONZE, Corinth, Texas
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I don't want to look back on this day knowing we didn't even try"-Dolphin Tale 2

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#5548 Poetry
Act 1
By IC03 BRONZE
Williston Park, New York
IC03 BRONZE, Williston Park, New York
1 article 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
"I am, I can, I will."

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#5549 Poetry
Sympathy
By xgazxkazx BRONZE
Culpeper, Virginia
xgazxkazx BRONZE, Culpeper, Virginia
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
I am the hated face of hated faith

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#5550 Poetry
OCD
By Shreya321 SILVER
Hayward, California
Shreya321 SILVER, Hayward, California
5 articles 0 photos 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
"In a world where you can be anything, be kind"

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